Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,424 square miles (3,688.1 km2), of which 613 square miles (1,587.7 km2) is land and 811 square miles (2,100.5 km2) (56.97%) is water. Hyde County's in-land is part of the Inner Banks. Ocracoke Island is part of the Outer Banks.
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